"But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. He may lay down rules and devise principles, and to rules and principles it will perhaps for years lie in subjection; and then, haply without any warning of revolt, there comes a time when it will no longer consent."
"The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely."
"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward."
"To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment."
"Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste."
"I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you."